Lineage (NASDAQ: LINE) is the world's largest and most innovative provider of temperature-controlled logistics solutions, with more than 25,000 employees spanning 20 countries and more than 450 locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America.

We are now looking to appoint an experienced Director, Employee Relations & HR Policy to champion our regional employee and industrial relations strategy across Asia Pacific.

This is a unique opportunity for either an accomplished ER/IR practitioner or a senior employment lawyer looking to move into a strategic, business-facing advocacy role.

Partnering closely with executive group, legal stakeholders and HR teams, you'll help shape workforce strategy, navigate organisational change, manage risk and provide commercially focused outcomes across a complex, unionised and highly regulated operating environment.

Why This Role Could Be the Right Move for a Lawyer

Rather than simply advising on employment law issues, this role offers the opportunity to influence business strategy, develop major workforce initiatives and implement outcomes across a diverse Asia Pacific portfolio.

You'll work at the intersection of:

- Enterprise bargaining and industrial relations strategy
- Organisational restructuring and workforce transformation
- Employment law risk management and compliance
- Executive stakeholder engagement
- Union and workforce relations
- HR policy and governance

This is an prospect to step into a true business partnering role while continuing to leverage your deep employment law expertise.

What You Bring

We are looking for a commercially minded lawyer with deep expertise in employment and industrial relations and a proven ability to influence outcomes in complex organisational environments.

You may come from

- A senior Employee Relations or Industrial Relations leadership background
- A workplace relations, employment law or industrial law practice
- An in-house legal,



ER or HR advisory function within a large organisation

Your experience will ideally include:
- Significant experience advising on employment, labour and industrial relations matters
- Expertise managing workforce change, restructures, consultations and organisational transformation initiatives
- Proven involvement in enterprise bargaining, collective negotiations and union engagement strategies
- Experience advising senior executives on complex workplace risk, compliance and governance matters
- Strong knowledge of employment legislation, industrial instruments and regulatory frameworks
- Experience representing or managing matters before tribunals, regulators or dispute resolution forums
- Demonstrated success operating in partnership with business leaders to deliver commercially pragmatic outcomes
- Ability to influence and build credibility across executives, operational leaders, HR and Legal stakeholders
- Experience working within or alongside large, complex organisations through secondments, embedded advisory arrangements or in-house roles
- Exposure to APAC jurisdictions and multi-country employment environments will be highly regarded

In summary, if you are an experienced lawyer seeking to transition into a strategic in-house leadership role, we would love to hear from you. If you have built your career advising organisations through complex workplace challenges and/or you have gained meaningful experience working within businesses through secondments, embedded advisory roles or in-house engagements, such experience will be highly regarded.

Lineage is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic work environment and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Our Purpose: Transform the food supply-chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.

Our Vision: To be the world's most dynamic temperature-controlled logistics company.

Our Values: Safe, Trust, Respect, Innovation, Bold & Servant Leadership

📌 Director, Employee Relations and HR Policy, AsiaPac (Laverton North)
🏢 Lineage AUS TRS
📍 Laverton North